Freud’s Theory of Personality
- ID - (Latin “it; German “ES”)
- “cauldron of seething excitement,” urges; pleasure principle
- newborns
- EGO (German for the lover case “i”)
- reality/rational principle;
- child learns to control urges so as to get what one wants (control bladder; wait for feeding; temper)
- SUPEREGO - (German for uppercase “I”)
- Child learns about right/wrong
- Self-punishment - guilt; feeling good